Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Childhood ruined


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The result was delete. Drmies (talk) 18:09, 12 May 2016 (UTC)

Childhood ruined

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No sign of widespread mainstream use on the article apart from two articles on Cracked.com. I was told to see the notability of this phrase by looking on Reddit, which isn't really an argument for notability at all. &#39;&#39;&#39;tAD&#39;&#39;&#39; (talk) 09:27, 4 May 2016 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Delete more of a TV tropes or Urban Dictionary article than one that really fits here. Artw (talk) 14:23, 4 May 2016 (UTC)
 * delete Come back in five years and see if anyone besides Cracked is using it. Mangoe (talk) 14:56, 4 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Delete not enough evidence that this term is being widely used, it seems a new idea. Atlantic306 (talk) 15:33, 4 May 2016 (UTC) Withdrawing delete as it is being used more than I thought but I'm not sure it should be an encyclopedia article. Atlantic306 (talk) 18:17, 4 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Weak keep: : ...or just look up Google right now. Google it to see that it is widely used with varying phrasing on the Internet (mainly on sites such as Reddit - it's a well known part of Internet culture; there's sufficient news coverage of it as well though).  That might be true - I don't know - it's why I voted with a "weak" keep. --Fixuture (talk) 18:08, 4 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Comment - is anyone going to read this article one year form now? It's an Internet trope that exists, but I'm not sure it's really notable. Bearian (talk) 18:15, 9 May 2016 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks,  MBisanz  talk 11:08, 12 May 2016 (UTC)


 * Delete It's no longer widely used as it was maybe a year ago, but even then it's not something that deserves an article. Searching on google yields a "Know your Meme" result and that website is usually enough to explain simple internet expressions. DeviantAttitude (talk) 13:49, 12 May 2016 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.